Paul Bomani
| Paul Bomani | |
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| 1st Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1962–1965 |
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| President | Julius Nyerere |
| Succeeded by | Amir H. Jamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 January 1925 Musoma, Tanganyika |
| Died | 1 April 2005 (aged 80) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Resting place | Mwanza |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Other political affiliations |
Tanganyika African National Union |
| Children | 9 |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Paul Bomani (January 1, 1925 – April 1, 2005) was a Tanzanian politician and ambassador to the United States and Mexico.
Bomani was born in Musoma, Tanzania in 1925 into a family of Adventist preachers. He studied at Loughborough College in the United Kingdom and in 1976 received a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He was the father of nine children. Bomani was admitted to hospital in Dar es Salaam on March 26, 2005 and died several days later. At his funeral, Pius Ng’wandu, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, called Bomani "a freedom fighter who led Tanzanians to liberate themselves from abject poverty through co-operative activities." He was buried in Mwanza in northwest Tanzania.
In 1960, Bomani became the Minister of Natural Resources and Cooperative Development in the Tanganyika government. He held several other ministerial positions. Between 1972 and 1983 he was the ambassador to the United States and Mexico. From 1992 until his death he was the chairman of Tanzania Breweries Limited and Tanzania Distilleries Limited and from 1993 he was chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam.
Bomani described himself in his own words
A College professor once described me as a resourceful, moderate revolutionary, with a talent to organize and mobilize people. I was Julius Nyerere's right hand man during the fight for independence. The Sukuma people were the largest tribe in Tanganyika and more than a quarter of the country's population lived in the Lake zone. I was able to galvanized the support of the 50 traditional chiefs of Sukumaland and commanded their great respect and trust . Because of the success o our grassroots social and business organizations that existed prior to the formation of TANU I was also able to draw unequaled goodwill from the confidence and faith of the ordinary people of Sukuma, who had given me the affectionate nickname " Kishamapanda" - meaning. " The trailblazer". The full support that the movement for political independence received from the less populous areas of the country enabled Tanganyika to become the first country among the four East African States to attain political independence.
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